SMC Networks SMC8848M manual Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring Map for Serial Cable

CONNECTING TO THE CONSOLE PORT

Connecting to the Console Port

The RJ-45 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board configuration program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following table.

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Figure 3-9 Serial Port (RJ-45) Pin-Out

Wiring Map for Serial Cable

Table 3-2 Wiring Map for Serial Cable

	Switch’s 8-Pin	Null Modem			PC’s 9-Pin
	Serial Port				DTE Port
6	RXD (receive data)	<----------------------------		3	TXD (transmit data)
3	TXD (transmit data)	-----------------------------	>	2 RXD (receive data)
5	SGND (signal ground)	------------------------------		5	SGND (signal ground)

No other pins are used.

The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:

•Default Baud rate—9,600 bps

•Character Size—8 Characters

•Parity—None

•Stop bit—One

•Data bits—8

•Flow control—none

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